The Sun. — London, England, 1826-06-02 00:00:00

TITF. LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY IIXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPPRS, jvxn 2, 1826. [TUE 'TIMES.] In noticing yesterday the reports on Scotch bank ing, we might have observed upon one of the argus meats used in defence of the system now in force throughout Scotland, that if there be few instances of banks becoming insolvent, the number of bankrupt . - cies in other trades' are far more numerous than here. Each Gazelle that exhibits the certificates of insol vency beyond the Tweed, will bear ample evidence to the above statement. The fact is, we believe, that the population of Scotland are more in the trammels anti under the paw of their bankers, than can well be conceived by those who form a judgment merely from watching the relation between the banking interest and that of commerce generally throughout England. 'ffie system of caab credits affords an accommodation which every man fears to lose. Refuse the notes is sued by the man of paper, or show a preference for any better species of currency, and you forfeit at once all title to the letters of credit. So it appears, that if these credits be not frequently " operated" upon,—that is, if the banker's paper be not freely, frequently taken out, and circulated by the parted, he is considered an un profitable dependent, and his credit is withdrawn. — The gist and spirit of the whole invention is to spread the paper empire far and wide —to fix it so deeply in the nation, to fasten it so rigorously anti indissolubly upon the neck of the people, that who ,ever ventures to cry out, is clinked by its merci less pressure. It is easy for bankers to conic 'up from Scotland, and swear that no panic has ever induced their customers to make a run upon them for cash—when the bulk of their customers have more to dread than hope from any such ticklish expe riment. lt is easy, again, for Ministers to assure the House of Commons, that they have changed their . opinions On inquiry and conviction, anti are now per suaded of the excellence of that system which a few days earlier they had despised and reprobated. We all see how the inquiry was conducted, when none but Scotch bankers . were brought forward for exami nation ; and we are all aware, that when Ministers talk of their conviction, it means only a conviction of the danger they would run from a mutiny of the Scotch monopolist freeholders, on the eve of a general election. We ,have little doubt, that of these voters i t decided majority arc united in a manner the most ineAricable with the several Scotch banks ; and that the cogent logic by which Ministers were converted was of a different kind from any which appears on the Miaow of Evidence printed by the House of Com mons. With regard to Ireland, the " Committee hesitate"--4their nostrum for that country is of a pro spective nature—they admit that " a metallic cur rency ought " ultimately to be the basis" of her cir culation—but at present they do nothing more than acknowledge the truth, and forbear, or fear, to act nprth it. In the mean time the tendency of a paper circulation to 'grow until it reaches enormous dunen- Him's, when it usually bursts upon time stupid v id heads of its admirers, may be seen from a table, gii ng an account of the bankers' notes issued in Ireland in 1815, as also in 1821, 1823, 1824, 1825. In 1815, the highest amount of private bankers' paper was 313,0001.; in 1821, 933,0001.; in 1822, 1,079,000/. ; in 1824, 1,185,000/. ; in 1825, 1,405,0001.-4hus more than quadrupling in ten years; while the wealth of the country, judging by the general rotate of its revenue, rents, and commerce, is stationary, if it has not declined, at this moment.— Owing to time crash of the last six months, the hankers' notes lips been reduced from 1,405,0007. to 738,0001., or about onn-half. Now this reduction of a prepoa terolis paper issue, although it be in the nature of a remedy, must still bring with it extreme inconvenience and distress until time bring be filled up, as of course it will he after a season, by the notes of the Bank of Ireland and coin of the realm. We should like to have found time Irish bankers doing like the Scotch, anti sending up a posse of their number to bamboozle Parliament with assurances that it was the best of all conceivable plans to have a paper sove reignty established over a confiding and pennyless ita tic,n ; w h ere h e who pleaSed might metamoThose dirty counting-house into a royal mint, and coin away kites not worth sixpence a hundred, for the good of his grateful country. The Irish, however, with all their experience in hanging, have not yet learned from their northern fellow-subjects the art of hanging together, else they might sometimes make a better fight of it. The threat of Lord Chief Justice Best on Wednes day, 410, he would visit with the summary jurisdic tion of the Court—in other words, that he would fine and imprison such persons as should be guilty of whet ho (himself the judge'and jury in such ease) might doom a libel, and by. Consequence, a contempt of Court, is calculated rather to excite surprise at the judgment of the person uttering it, than any serious alarm for public liberty. It is astonishing that a man pf talent, and who had long been conversant with po-. vular topics, should at, once show himself so.unheed ltil nf the past, so ignorant of the present, • and so wi n 4 to the future, as to suppose it possible that the the time of Charles IL and James worst pm: dents of I. could aga io be called into action, without disturb int; the patience At least of the present age. It is true, that the doctrine of the Lord Chief Justice may be folnij kupported by the dicta and practice of cer tain wor thy Judges of old time t hut is it prudent in a thulge of the present day, to aim at the reputation* of a Wright or an Allybone ? A wise man observes the •signs of the times ; and of all men, it most be comes a Judge to preserve the dignity of his office from impartment or angry scrutiny, by taking care never to run counter to the enlightened spirit of the ir e, through a fondness for the tyrannical and obso lete maxima 'of the worst times of the law and eonsti- Intion.—lbid. • * See the trial of the Seven Bishop. CMORNINU CHRONICLE.] Every man who has attended to the signs of the times is aware that the old party divisions of this country cease to exist, and consequently that the old na mes of Whig and 'l , ory CCURC to have any appliea tion to the parties of the present day. One circum stance alone is conelusivg on this subject. Th e pr i n . cipal opponents of Ministers, and of their measures, are to be found among those who are ranged under t h e Wisteria} banner. The measures of Mi n i sters are supported by a part of the Whigs, and condemned by another part. We have now his Majesty's Oppo sition ; that is, a number of Members, who sit 0 1 ), posits to the Ministers, but still agree with them in most matters . N e w names have been necessary for this new state of things. Macktuood, which with John Bull is the organ of the Members who do not sit opposite to Ministers. but hate them in their hearts, useh the Terms Old and New 'Tories. The charac teristics of Ifieckwood and John Bull will let UN at once into the character of the 84 Old Tories i " M ld / s " o profess an ardent admiration of whatever , but they love only that which is both old and bad; for innovations which have the effect of adding to the privationa or itifreringa of t he people, they have alwais hailed with alacrity. - They love abuse, and hate ai gumentthey hate nil improvementsdiscussion and. inquiry they would silence- , --and the only freedom they would allow would be a freedom!? themselves of aspersing the motives and . blackening the cha racter of ',those whom they cannot answer ; and if their lives be spotless, to endetWour . to find in their peculiarities or personal infirmities matter of ridi cule. These are the Old Tories. The New Tories are such Tories as arc anxious to decide only after in quiry, and are not so obstinately wedded to any opi nions as to shut their ears to all argument against them--4hey are men who do not wish to be guided by maxims founded on principles, of which the fallacy has been . demonstrated. In the last number of Black wood there is a long' article, which may be deemed n sort of manifesto of the Old Tories, as it embodies pretty nearly all the absurdities which are current in the party. In this production we are told that— " The old Tories have the overwhelming majority, not only in numbers, but •in every attribute of potency. They have the strength of the land with them on the Catholic Question ; and in regard to the new liberal system, they have with them the landed interest, the monied interest, the West India interest, the ship. ping interest, a large part of the numutitcturing interest, and a considerable part of the mercantile interest. I believe that nine wed)* of the men of business ate with them. When I look at the prodigious power of this party, and then turn to those who take the lead as its representatives in Parliament, T am mated. It practically selects the Ministry; the Ministers in the Lower House profess to belong to it ; and yet they arc almost all Whigs in origin and present opinions." A large and powerful party indeed ! Who but the Old Tories I Mr. 'Canning was quite out, it would seem, when he said the number of those who would persecute a Turgot, and send Galileo to a dungeon, was but a handful—nine-tenths of the men of 'busi ness, the landed interest, .the monied' interest, the shipping interest, &c. &c. We fear, :if Sir James Graham succeed in persuading his brother landholders to tax the funds and mortgages, the Demon of Dis cord will soon find his way into the camp of the Old Tories. But of this, by the bye. Now, the writer in .Blackwood makes a very curious admission, with re respect to these same Old Tories, so formidable in strength. and numbers, " I know not (he says) how the Old Tories aro to retain the humble shnie of offi cial influence that they now possess. They have not a single rising orator. The few young men not in office, who speak on the Ministerial side, all profess the Now Toryism ; and they have not talent to be of any value to any party." What a woful account ! All these Old Tories, who possess such an overwhelming BO rough influence, have not among them been able to beget a single rising orator. This great 'par !y, with nine-tenths of the property and industry of England to back it, is about to go out like the snufrof a candle for want of a single rising orator. Aleck for the Old Tories ! Brains, brains, for the Old Tories—to save this flourishing party from ruinthere is not one man of rising talent to' tell their tale. [MORNING HERALD.] .We cannot help noticing an extraordinary proceed ing at one of . the police-offices, in which a marriage, according to the Catholic form in Ireland is declared to be invalid, and the woman is made to bastardize one of. her children, though that child neither had been nor was likely to become chargeable to the pa rish, whose officers called for this proceeding. If the course pursued by the Magistrate upon thus occasion was, as we suppose it must have be en , imp e r a ti ve , it is high time that both the law and the practice were otherwise. Whatever may be our opinion of the Catholic religion, surely it is' reasonable that its cere monies . should be binding among the members of its own community, and recognised as such by all constituted authorities. At any rate, it should not be in the breast of any individual, however respect able, to declare that void, the avoidance of whi c h, t o say nothing of the l a xity of morals in many instances, is ealculated to be of such serious and fatal conse quence to children. We trust, therefore, that one of the first measures of the new Parliament will be to legalise Catholi c marr i ages , or at all events to take from Magistrates the odium and the power of pronouncing upon their validity. But what we princi pally object to on this occasion is, the busy interfer ence of parish-officers in matters they ought to have nothing to do with. If the principle acted upon in this case were to prevail, there would be no end to the trouble, distress, and vindictiveness it would' give rise to. Surely it would be sufficient for parish offi cers to interfere in the case of illegitimate children, when that interference is asked, or when such child= ren arc likely to be neglected without it. We know that in practice, parish officers are seldom prompted, in those cases, by any sympathy towards either the mothers or the children, but only to get a sum of money from the father—leaving the children afterwards too often destitute. But that parish officers, or their underlings, should have the power of rying int o the secrets, and disturbing th e peac e of families, by re (ptiting the marriage-certificate of every mother whom they chime to suspect of incontinence or infidelity, is a species of espionage which is intolerable, and ought to be resisted and put an end to. [nttinsti .nuEss.] The following information has been received from a quarter which leaves us no doubt of. its accuracy. We arc disposed to attach importance to it, not as a proof of any designs on the part of the present Go vermnent of Spain which could give real grounds for alarm to Portugal, but as one instance more of the astonishing imbecility and ignorance which pervades the councils of a government which thinks of making new acquisitions at the very moment that it is sur rounded by the bayonets of foreigners. We shalt confine ourselves, in giving this intelligence, to the mere translation of our Spanish Correstiondent. Its purport is as foltOws ;- 44 In the Council of State at Madrid a discussion lately took place concerning the advantages which would arise to Spain from the union of Portugal. To obtain this without a war, it was proposed to give Spanish America to the Ein_peror of Brazil, and thus to obtain the cession of Portugal from I)on Pedro. This was referred to the King, and met with his approbation ; but it was necessary also that th e Holy Alliance should approve of it. Its approbation was also obtained. 1 hose Peninsular Knights ( atm Cabelleros Pe ninsulares) heard of it, and took so much alarm at it, that they demanded of the Spanish Government if it was in earnest or in jest, for if it was in earnest they dock, from - 4 quhrter whichwould declare war immediately." Thi s i n f ormat i on reac hi ng us, as i t acquirin g th e most itnportant poss essesasec the retint i e fi l e li a g l e is nc of e with regard to is entitled' to a much greater degree of credit than could Otherwise attach to it, and we have no he B hittion in Stating our belief_ that it is substantially correct, IMPERIAL Futtbair vv Arc. the Wine Com p any, took place at Imperial FOreig d last, purs"'" Mee 'WedsB ay Company's , on A General Meeting of the Shareholders in this Advertisement, when Air. ROSE ent took place : nal Prospectus, which was the following untie the middle. of last year, the issu A e c d co t r o dins ie to p fl . l F. ar" ,2 : l4 ' e li v e o ll4 o -;;U m ie l Chair, Capita of 250,0001. was-to be raised in 5000 Shares of each. Only 1027 Shares, however, were sub scribed to, and the whole amount of the deposits paid into the hands of the Bankers amounted to the sum of 20541. Upon the strength of this the Directors took . the Premises formerly the Globe Tavern, in Fleet-street, at a.rental of 5001. per ann. ; a Manag ing Clerk, or Agent, was engaged at a salary of 8001.; and every thing being ripe fo r execution, it was an flounced to the Public in the following Advertisement : That the Company had proceeded to l a y i n an exten sive stock of the choicest Foreign Wines of every de scription, enumerating their several names, qualities, and other important particulars, with which the whole coun try was to be supplied at the reduced prices affixed to each. Any one entering the promisee would suppose that the most magnificent arrangements had been made for carrying the plan into the fullest effect. Desks were placed at the entrance, where were sitting clerks, bottling men, and samples of the wino presented them selves to the view in abundance. When lo I the Re port being read, and the necessary enquiries made on the part of the Shareholders, it appeared that no stock of wine of any Importance had ever been laid in, and : that the Company depended upo n it s d a il y s upp l y to, a few wine merchants in the back ground, as may be seen from the following report of the stock in hand : • Xiso in the Docks. oo ditto 114% 140 Property on the Premises. 46 Ws. Good 'Book Debts.-..,6441 le. 7d. Total. Over and above which the Company owed about 5001., and to mend the matter, the party of whom the wine was bought now in the Docks, had a lien upon the same to the full amount or value, they never having been paid for it. It appeared further that Mr. Smith, the Projector of the Company being - indebted in private account to Mr. Rose, the Chairman, long before the Company was ever dreamt of gentleman wisely proposed, at the first Board of Directors, it vote to Mr. Smith of 5001. for the services which he had rendered to the Company, in its formation, which being carried neon. con, five drafts were drawn, not to Mr. Smith, but to others; namely, 821. 12s. to Mr. Dolby, 1611. 1 ls. to Mr. Jackson, 691. Bs. 6d. and 1561. Is. to Mr. Smith, and 801 . 7s. 6d. t o Mr. Jones (creditors of the Chairman) out of which Mr. Rose paid himself the debt due to him, amounting to 4801. and gave Smith the remainder. t t o Not long after, the Company made a purchase of 60 pipes of wine in the Docks, at a short credit, to be paid for on delivery. The c re dit h av i ng ex pi re d, and the wine not being removed, the vendor consented to let it remain some time longer, upon receiving pay ment of 2001. to guard against loss ; for this purpose the Directors requested, or rather insisted, upon Smith, their managing man, drawing a bill of exchan g e o n Mr. Clarke, one of the Directors (not the Arigna Clarke), which he accepted ; and not being honoured at maturity, the unfortunate Agent, who had no beim.: ficial interest in the transaction, was arrested, and, to the disgrace of the Directors, is now a prisoner in the King's Bench prison. A motion having been made, that the Report be received,, and ibeing carried in the negative, Mr. Wil liam Clark, who elicited all the foregoing facts, moved an adjournment to the 3d of August (to give Mr. Smith an opportunity to attend) which being carried unanimously, Mr. Clark assured the Chairman that unless he immediately sent Smith his Writing-desk and papers, released him from prison, and accounted to the Shareholders for the full amount of the deposits, he would, if supported by the Shareholders, indict the whole party for a conspiracy. The Meeting was ad journed accordingly. On passing through Fleet-street yesterday morning, we found the premises shut up MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIAItY, Moramy, Juwil 5, At the Court of Commissioners. E. L. Ogle, Clement's-lane, London, nt. 11. J. Jennings, Poultry, at 12. W. Smith, Uxbridge, Middlesex, at 12. COUNTRY DIARY, MONDAY, JUN,: IL G. Jones, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucester, at the Royal Hotel, Clielte»Lam, at 5. R. Eccles, Wakefield, York, at the Sessions House, Wakefield, at 6. J. Boothroyd, Ahnondbury, York, at the George Inn, Hudders field, at 10. Higgs, Hodson, and Riggs, Bristol, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol, at 1. .1. Gerrish, Bradford, Wilts, at the Angel Inn, Bath, at 11. J. Prince, Manchester, at the Star, Manchester, at 10. G. W. Addison, Dalton, York, at the George Inn , Huddersfield, at 10. N. Phillips, Haverfordwest, at the Castle Inn, Haverfimiwest, at 10. T. Bertram, Warwick, at the Crown Inn, Leamington-Priors, at 11. D. Sileocks, Road, Somerset, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol, at S. W. Ford, • Huddersfield, York, at Me cars. Whitehead and Co.'s office, Huddersfield, at 11. S. Neale, Leicester, at the Three Cranes Inn, Leicester, at S. P. F. Lyeett, Worcester, at the Star and Garter Inn, Worcester, at 12. J. Clarke, Worcester, at the Star Inn, Worcester, at 2. S. Satfiird, Broadish, Norfolk, at the ions Inn, Bungay, at 12. J. Harding, Hem, Salop, at the Star Inn, Shitftfall, at 5. .1. Reid, North Shields, Northumberland, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at 11. W. Kaye, Dike-Side, York, at the Pack Horse Inn, Hudders field, at 10. J. Firth, Huddersfield, at the Pack Horse Inn, Huddersfield, at 10. S. llottonlleYs Huddersfield, at the Peak Horse Inn, Hudders field, at 10. W. Hartley, Sheffield, at the Star Inn, Manchester, at 1. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Petitions to he heard in Portugal-street, next Wrmesnev. It. P. Snell, Ess ex - street, Whitecliapel, builder. Beesley, Up s e ts -b u il d i ngs, Gravel-lane, lauourer• W. I>evoll, S outhampton -greet, Camberwell, Surrey, green . grocer. B. Blake, Friday- street, Cheapsitle, innkeeper. A. Douglas, West -greet, Smithfield, jeweller. A. Hodder, E. Powell, Euutou-plaee, New-road, St. Pancras, boardi ng - J. Imminonu, porset- crescent , New North-road, street, Camberwell, Surrey, school-mistre ss . home-keeper. lioxtou, M. F en° " , , Gray'ap-inn-lane, horse-dealer. illesex, J. Scruby, Barking, Essex, carpenter. Vroggott, L ouglihorough,, Leicestershire, carrier. J. HA, High-street, Newington-Butts, Surrey, tea-dealer. T. W. Brunton, Itichard-street, Limelionse, Middlesex, profeamor of dancing, J. Shaw ' Long-alley, hfoorfiellia, Middlesex, Porkman, H. May, Stonelme, Plymouth, DaYonsiltint, general-merchaut, GUMMI' ' son •NTELLIGENCE. _./LL....A young man, named George Learnt', the 44 a deceased merchant, formerly residing in Broad-street in the City, was brought before Sir CUAkLES nowne, yesterday, from the Giltspur-street Compter, to which place he had been con signed on the preceding night, by his mother and her second hus band, "as a dangerous madman, unfit to be at large." The young man, who was said to be in his iSd year, is upwards of six feet four inches in height, but remarkably slender, and there certainly was a strange wildness in his looks and manner. It appeared by the statement of his mother and her present husband, the Rev. Mr. Hewitson, which statement was corro borated by several other persons, that this young man first began to manifest symptoms of insanity about three years ago, at which time be was in Ida twentieth year ; and that, at the application of his mother, he was sent by Mr. Alderman Ansley, as an in-patient to Bethlehem Hospital. After having remained there about a twelvemonth, he was discharged as in curable; but though incurable, he was considered harmless, and since that time he had resided with his mother and father-in-law (the Rev, Mr. Hewitson), at their lodgings in St. Martin's•le- Grand. Latterly, however, he had betrayed frequent abberra tions of intellect, and about a fortnight ago, being alone with his mother in her apartment, he seized her by the throat, and grasp ed her with such violence, that she was nearly strangled before any person came to her assistance. A lodger on the floor above them, hearing her shriek when she was first seized, ran down and found her in the grasp of her son as above described ; and upon seeing the lodger enter the room, he loosed his hold upon his mother's throat, and seized the poker; bnt with some difficulty he was disarmed and secured. Subsequently he became compa ratively calm and rational; and, as they were about to remove to Blandford, in D orse t s hi re , t h ey i nten d e d to take him with them, in the hope that change of scene and air might have a salutary effect on his mind ; but on Wednesday night, whilst he was at the house of a friend with them, he again became ex cessively wild and incoherent, and suddenly quitted the l house. He was followed, and, with great difficulty, prevailed upon to return; but he manifested such extreme irritability,' that, fearing he might do some violence to himself or others, they gave him in charge to the watch ; and his father-in-law now begged the Magistrate to exercise his authority under the Act 17, Geo. IL tad send him to some place of confinement as a danger ous madman; he (hie father-in-law) having nothing to depend upon hut 75/. a year, arising from a small curacy in the country, and, of course, utterly unable to provide for his safe keeping. The Act above mentioned contains a clause empowering the magistrates to apprehend persons who are " furiously mad," and confine them, at the expence of the parish in which they may be found, or the place of their legal settlement; provided they have no effects of their own upon which the expenee may be levied, and provided also that they have no blood relations able to maintain them in safe custody. Whilst the parties were detailing these circumstances, the young man stood at the bar with his head bent down, his eyes fixed intently on the floor, and murmuring to himself, in a low indistinct tone; nor did he make any remark upon what was stated, except once—when it was said, that his attempt to strangle his mother took place a fortnight ago, and then he said, " It is false !—it is more than twelve months ago ; and I have been con fined for that a year and a day." His mother and his father-in-law contradicted this, and ex pressed a wish to call further evidence to that fact ; but Sir CHARLES FLowant declined hearing it, as he did not think it was a case in which he could interfere. Mr. Beresford, the chief-clerk, mid there was no proof that the young man was a dangerous and furious madman at the present time, whatever he might have been heretofore ; and therefore there was no reason why the city should be saddled with the ex pence of providing for him. His friends must take him with them to Blandford, as they originally intended; and if he grew worse they might then apply to the authorities at Illandford for assistance. The Rev. ATI% Hewitson said he should do no such thing. It was utterly out of his power to take further charge of him ; and if the Alderman would'not interfere, he must leave the young man to take care of himself. Sir Camara FLOWER. told the Rev. Gentleman he might do as he pleased, but certainly he would not confine the young man upon such evidence as had been produced. The young man was then discharged, and they all left the office together. BOW-STREET,--The magistrates, G. R. Alms! ILL and T. HALLS, Esqrs. were occupied until a late hour on Wednesday evening, in a case in which some disclosures were made of an ex traordinary nature, and possessing particular interest just at this period, when a general election is about to take place. A person named William Collins, who has been living for some time past in considerable style in the Clapham-road, keeping livery servants and a (ladling equipage, was brought before the bench in the cus tody of James John Smith, one of the principal officers, on a warrant, in which he stood charged with " unlawfully, know ingly, and designedly, by false pretences, obtained of and from Colonel Wm. Camac, the sum of 17001. (to wit s 31 Bank of England notes for the payment of 1101. each.) Colonel Camac was attended by his solicitor, Mr. Wells, and Mr. Adolphus appeared as counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Collins was accompanied by Mr. C. Phillips as his counsel, and Mr. Harmer and his assistant, Mr. Butler. The complaint will be best understood from the evidence of Mr. Wells, who being sworn, deposed, that in an interview which he and Col. Camac had with the prisoner, he Raid that Mr. Pitts, the present nigh Steward of Malmesbury, had made himself ob noxious to the leading men of the corporation, and that any gentleman who would feel inclined to advance 1,7001. to redeem a bond which Mr. Pitts held of the corporation fur that amount, should be certain of being returned. This first interview took place in the month of April. The defendant said, that he was on terms of intimacy with most of the burgesses, and particularly with a Mr. Seale, who was the leading and influential man in the corporation, and that he had their authority to enter into the negociation. It was proposed by the witness, that he or Col. Came should go down to Malmesbury, but to this th e d e ,. fendant objected, repeating that he was well known to the burps sea, that he had resided there for a considerable time last year ; and adding that he was perfectly in their confidence, and would therefore go down himself, as it was extremely probable, that in a matter of so much delicacy tke parties might he reluctant to treat with a stranger. This arrangement was agreed upon, and in three or four days the defendant called at witness's office, and said, he had been down to Mahnesbury, and that the burgesses were per.. fectly satisfied with the reference he had given them, and were ready to conclude the negotiation at once. The witnese again suggested the propriety of himself or Col. Camac going down ; but the de fendant objected, and said he should like to know first whether the parties would be willing to see any one but himself; and in order to ascertain that point he would write to Seale, " and;" added lie, " the answ e r s h a ll b e sent to your office. " In two or three days a letter came, bearing' the Mahoesbury post-mark, and which the defendant opened in the presence of the witness. The letter ap peared to be signed by a persoc of the name of Settle. The defend ant read the letter, and said, " You see by this letter that they , will trust no one but myself, and unless you have sufficient confi dence in me to trust me with the money, the matter must be at li ants'a th ent the le i t t e h t ecer , check, e i k n iu d i , an end." The witness related what had passed to Colonel Cante, and delivered to him the letter of which he had spoken, which tIM Colonel read and returned, saying, " I em satisfied.", sVit ness then saw the defendant, and told hint that the money would be advanced immediately. Ile asked if Colonel Camac wished to 1 see him, and was told he did not. Ile then said that the money, as soon as he received it, 'should l lo t i e euru, s iw e ttl n i t n t i o inedia ll ir l ev al e rsbury, and the answer from thence be addressed to witness's office as before.._. At one of these interviews it was mutually agreed that all cor respondence which might pass between the parties on the subject of the negociation should be deetroyed. The defendant then wrote again (at leant so he said) to Malmesbury,' and another let ter was received, purporting to be written by Mr. Seale, in which it was stated that the burgesses were perfectly satisfied ; and it was in that letter appointed that on the following Thursday Mr. Seale, and certain others of the burgesses, should g w i l v i e e t z th i e ,he m w on i meet the defendant at a place-in Wiltshire, close by ja a r t e 4 ly n o tr g eh av - e ye t rd be , t; la C n o ce l apwfpo eS enani ; ts[nil l ao d osi;vi n ttte, T rti t aone,p S e a tit ; .jet w ieticiiii h e)klti w h e re r itee e yusfnpa. t ef l tieo l iii e idnsugra s rxi bs.itn Messrs. ou ‘ gtg v rlfi ,e 6 111 notes, oetotsfir,,,eimtieftwritraoel ji l li i iin : lereeses w is,b,,ll l iuhonf a i jet t yra l i t. : :, read , 7nnood : ieolotf.lihitie: over :ur di sups_ btt;.te:} e tn y es w se a s s ha t d o otly p a ni' c l u o r v so e r r y Of May, Colonel Canute, the defendant on the same day, to lie applied to the po rpo , before mentioned. The defendant, on that occasion, under to the burgesses. Ile was to return d to e o li k ver to the be m, a m t ey Malusesbury on the following d ay, and 1 7( and he would to t r i r ot hu d r el la n y dan r t Fr :v d i a ti: 14:4 poTWherwtoitzdililespoadhtionr it g i v i e , t a b l e , yntoiiotherey leaentation of the defend to have in that i 'v n oa t ty !l a t h : a t : h etl parted l give '4 d it l to e h interest thi te il)murt which corporation. Th e defendant gave the witness no receipt or se curity, but a mere common memorandum, th at h e hail received the money, for the setisfaction of Colonel Camac. On the Wed nesday following, the defendant ca ll ed again at witness's office, and then he said that he had beast St attime.bur r on the Thurs day preceding, and bad paid the money to the burgesses, or to Seale and others, their representatives, according to the arrangement en tered into in the last letter already Mentioned.. The witness raw the defendant no more until he was in custody. In consequence of certain circumstances, (the witness was not allowed to state what those circumstances were, as his knowledge of them avow edly rested upon hearsay.) Colonel Camas went down to Maltuesbury, and there received such information as induced him to return very speedily to London ; and upon his arrival, lie and the witness went to the Bank of England, and there saw tire of the 501. notes which he had paid to the defendant, on which was endorsed " F. W. Collins," in the prisoner's hand-writing. On the same morning, the witness and Colonel Carnic called at the defendant's house, and he came down to them in his dressing gown. He appeared much agitated when he saw them. Colonel Came, when he saw Collins, said, " This is a very bad Intim* Collins. I have been down to Malmesbury, and you have pot been there." The defendant answered, " I am very sorry ; could not help it. I had taken.my place on Saturday afternoon , when I received an express, informing me that it Would. be Ow"' my going down, for that my life would be in danger if I appeared. I did not hand the money over, as agreed upon, to Mr. Seale, but paid it to his nephew, who has robbed me of it,' and run away; but I know where lie is, and I will find him and bring him forward." This was all the evidence gone into for the present. Some conversation then took place as to the moat convenient time for a re-hearing, and it was ultimately agreed that the de fendant should be remanded until as early a day in the next week as the necessary witnesses could be brought from Malmesbuq, Mr. Adolphus pledging himself to produce evidence to negative all the pretences used by the defendant. The accused did not attempt to enter into any defence, and was remanded accordingly, with leave to go to a watchhouse instead of to one of the gaols. sitting oa fri hls e x tens ive t ori ,ua o bgt e sea U fto.: G rbce t IH - kr S .egr T e di R I : E wlia) E istri T LEb . rxdiTe i ti I T Flug ß .p l Al a .y o s w ßityh t efr : p, Sul and t ree x tebi s r ye . —Yesterday, Mr. Brown, a respectable middle-aged person, and t. es's, and gist leaving her chargeable to the parish. Mrs. Brown, a very-fashionably dressed female was in attend ance, accompanied by a little boy, her son. Upon being sworn, 'she stated, that her husband had, on the 11th of December last, deserted her, without any cause, unless the statement which she was about to make could have been construed by Mr. Brown as a sufficient cause for the line of conduct which he had adopted. Mr. Brown had, of late, been in the constant habit of stopping out late at nights, and of coming home in a most beastly state of in toxication, which excess had so preyed on his constitutiou, that he appeared as if he had had the palsy ; upon seeing hint in this state, she took the liberty to remonstrate with him upon the impropriety of his conduct; upon her thus remonstrating, Mr. Brown in stantly struck her; and, upon her farther remonstrating, turned her out of doors with the two children. She had made repeated applications to Mr. Brown, through the medium of her friends, for money to support her • she had received a t various periods , within the six mont h s , Si 19s. 6d. Mr. Brown had, from psi. vate property, 2001. a year, besides his business. Mr. Brown, in his defence, denied that he was given to drink ing to excess, nor had he ever molested Mrs. Brown in the `vas which she had described ; in fact, he ought to have complained' for he had been refused leave to sleep upon his bird; not wishing to have any disagreement with his wife, he proceeded to sleep upon the sofa; from this he was ejected; and the next night he laid down on three chairs; the covering was taken away, an d the chairs pushed from under him ; h e th en so far governed his temper as even to be satisfied with the floor, when that Gentleman—(a lr. Brown at the same time turned round, and pointing to a tall raw boned fellow)---for be would call hint one, cone up, a nd dragged him out of th e room , an d catc hi ng h ol d o f hi s ears, pulled down Stairs. This, he thought, was going too far, and the result was, that Mrs. Brown left hint, taking the two children with her; he had giv en h er money when she sent for i t, b ut t h e cau se of his not coming to any arrangement was, he wished Mrs. 13. to retina to her home, there being a very comfortable one for her when the thought proper to come to it. Mrs. Brown—l will never live with you again. Mr. ROE—What do you want, then? Mr. Brown—lf she will not return home, then I will allot! her lOs. per week, and give her the furniture, which is worth 2501. and take the children and send them to school. Mr. Ror—Well, Mrs. Brow*, will you agree to that proposa!: Mrs. B rown here stated, that her husband's income w ould ena ble hi m to allow her a much larger sum, but she wished to have a separation. Mr. DTER—You must carry that part of your request to a higher Co ur t. Mr. Ro t think it is a very libexal offer; Os. per week and the fur n it ure , w hi c h i s wort h 250?. Mr. Bro wn —l w i s h to ask a question—that ie ,if there ar r . articles of separation drawn up and s igned, wheth er I should fur answerable for the debt,' Mrs. Brown may contrac t Y Mr. Rox—That is a question which we cannot I a nswer. Mrs. Br own —l wish to have a separation , for a m nut eatia tied with his proposals. Mr. Brown—There are articles'of separation but I will not sign them unless I know how far I shall b drawna respon sible t what debts s h e ma y c o n tract, and which I would be oblig ed to y oll to inform me?. Mr. DYER—We carnet travel out of our jurisdiction to answe r such a question. Mr. Rot here asked the parish officers if they werewith the vtTer, when they answered in the affirmative. Mr. Rot —You must keep your payments up. satisfied wii(. Mr. Brown—Th e m o ne y shall be paid every we ek ; offer being accepted, Mr. Brown left the office. THE NEW LONDON-BRIDGE. The works at the New London-bridge are ativalic' in of the same h e i g ht ; th e wor k mans hip i s beautifitl. NVi g iter r , ap an kly ( i lth Two eabutm of enttheouptirsheeSaoructhalsriielaedy show water, ne b : ri ! °l. The outside stones are of Aberdeen granite, apparently about the size of those in the piers of Waterloo-britkr . A great many houses have been taken down on til,e, South side of the river, an d two arc h es o f the 0 11 bridge, opposite to the first pier, are nearly demolished' for the purpose of affording a free passage to boats and other small craft, when the large middle arch oft the old bridge shall he blocked up by the works . about to be erected opposite to it. These two arches, whic h are are to be fornied into one, are covered over with wroaow and paved like the rest of the bridge. It *is prokel&t if the works go on as:at present, that two of th e arches will be far advanced, and the rest commando' by' Christmas. We have only two faults to'find with this; . bridge. Inst ea d o f a b eaut if ul balustrade, like that 6 , Waterloo-b r id ge , t h ere is to be a dead wall on eac h ; thi s we t hi n k a' great 'd e fe c t. Fishmonger' s Hall, too, it is said,is not to'be taken down, so tha t i t o l i i n i i r g n t i l i l i t e n h o a N y rd o e rt e b r i e l t e o gi n the appearance of the bridge. We think that ' expellee, to avoid this, ,If isn ii igo or i : d ad e veo t vi l di l s e eidt s ., tre e t must take an awkyed;ra addition al ay , g r . " .: env . --- no nesitation in ..^1 mg that, if thiS part of th 4 • 1 , altered, and 0 p an were balustrade substituted fit or the intendedarapet wan , would be, perhaps, with l exception of Waterloa t 1e bridge, one of the finest bridges in the world. ree5........._____........ 'anl:lllht'll'ioisutailtili*wgreatl.ty BUM!. rust itwY:oe:ither:losyt,a a s t on Tottenhara-green, Mrs. G eor Edmund MARRIED. • On Wednesday, the Slot of May, at Beanie, by the llon. slot Rev. Thomas Morrison, John /Lucke, Esq., Captain of the Bu l, l Artillery, t o He nr i etta, second daughter of Henry Percy Pl' leine, Esq., of Crakeball, in the Conuty of York. On the let inst., at St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, by o ' 6 ' Rev. M. Marsh, Rector of Walthamstow, Peter Bellinger Bro die, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, to Alias Morgan, only daughter of the late John Alorgan, Esq. of Charlotte -street, Bedford-squa re.. Yesterday, at the New Church, St. Mary-le-bonne, by the Ito:* Dr. Coglan, Gaptain George Probyn, of the Hon. East J lOl l, Company's Service, son of the late Rev. Wrin Prop n, Rec tor , Pershore, Worcestershire, and Chancellor of St. I)avid's, to cia, daughter of Sir Francis Workman Marnaghten, of Roe P ark' f in the County of Deny, and late one of his Majesty's Judges the Supreme Court, in Calcutta. On Monday, the 29th ult., at St. John's Church, Manchebtel:: by the R ev . 1 1, Fielding, Mr. William Barn fi ehl, of flowert i street, Strand, to Iletvey, second daughter of Mr. John Richard ' son, of the form r place. Pr i n ted A ------------------ nd Publiehed_bY M. YPUNG at t h a !N i x ()twit 414 # Strand,